Getting ready to put in my new Merkl brake and wondering where to put the button. I see a bunch of you drag car guys have it mounted on the shifter, but I'm a little worried that me jumping around in the mud and I could accidentally hit it. So, any ideas where else to put it with in close reach? I am usually shifting from 1st to 2nd right out of the hole and into 3rd by the20' mark of a 200' pit, so neek to keep that consistancy!

yellowhorse7 wrote:Careful with mounting it on the wheel. Car gets outta shape and your hands moving all about, you may hit the button inadvertently. Mines on my shifter.....pistol grip quarter stick

Thats why I'm in the delima of where to mount it. Either place on the wheel or the shifter, and a good bump in the mud and I could hit the button. Since I run full hydraulic steering with no feedback, I don't get the bump steer affect in the cab, which helps out quite a bit, but that doesn't fix the whole truck shaking around. My shifter is on a raised platform next to my seat, and was actually thinking I could mount it on that and move 2-3" and be on the shifter for the 2-3 shifts then another 3" back to the wheel. I currently have my purge button in that area, so I'm used to making that motion already from a purge when I stage to the shifter for launch.

no matter where you mount it if you run the power through a microswitch mounted on the shifter then the button would only get power in 1st and eliminate accidentaly having the brake activated once youve shifted

cooter wrote:no matter where you mount it if you run the power through a microswitch mounted on the shifter then the button would only get power in 1st and eliminate accidentaly having the brake activated once youve shifted

richter69 wrote:this is the button I use, damn hard to "bump it"..........

http://reeactor.com/

Saw that button and was liking how it's adjustable and claims to make you more consistant with the release. Probably what I'm going to get if it don't cost an arm and a leg. Afterall, I am running a low budget mud truck

richter69 wrote:this is the button I use, damn hard to "bump it"..........

http://reeactor.com/

Saw that button and was liking how it's adjustable and claims to make you more consistant with the release. Probably what I'm going to get if it don't cost an arm and a leg. Afterall, I am running a low budget mud truck

that does look good.the first one i used was a cheap starter button mounted by the shifter in the floor,worked damn good too.

cooter wrote:no matter where you mount it if you run the power through a microswitch mounted on the shifter then the button would only get power in 1st and eliminate accidentaly having the brake activated once youve shifted

cooter wrote:no matter where you mount it if you run the power through a microswitch mounted on the shifter then the button would only get power in 1st and eliminate accidentaly having the brake activated once youve shifted

cooter wrote:no matter where you mount it if you run the power through a microswitch mounted on the shifter then the button would only get power in 1st and eliminate accidentaly having the brake activated once youve shifted

I run mine on the shifter knob on my bronco and have never had an accidental engagement but i have always used a 5 piont harness that keeps my butt in the seat. I like the ideal of the micro switch but it wont work with my brake that must be engaged for reverse.

I have a raised shifter and plan on bolting on a tab to run a push button starter switch off to the right of the shifter so my hand will be right there to grab second as I have a feeling that the front end will be in the air still.

Mine is on my pistol grip hurst. There's almost no way to grab it accidentally since you move your thumb to the side of the shifter when you release it to shift, that way your hands never have to leave the shifter in those cases you have to short shift second to get the front end back down.